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==Refinery locations== *[[Lake Charles, Louisiana]] *[[Corpus Christi, Texas]] *[[Lemont Refinery]], [[Romeoville, Illinois]] === Former refineries === In 1901, the Warner-Quinlan Asphalt Company purchased several properties in [[Linden, New Jersey]] for use as an asphalt manufacturing plant at the Tremley Point development, later a part of the planned Montgomery Terminal.<ref name=":0">{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17796057/asphalt_company_buys_a_big_site/| title=Asphalt Company Buys a Big Site| date=February 1, 1901| newspaper=Buffalo Courier| access-date=2018-02-26| page=7| via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17797537/new_york_and_marine_terminals_the/| title=New York and Marine Terminals; the Tremley Site Development - Article II| date=September 27, 1912| newspaper=The Wall Street Journal| access-date=2018-02-26| page=2| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref> In 1937, Cities Services took over substantially all assets of Warner-Quinlan under a bankruptcy reorganization, including the Linden plant.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17799046/warner_quinlan_plan_confirmed/| title=Warner Quinlan Plan Confirmed| date=August 25, 1937| work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle| access-date=2018-02-26| page=21| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref> The plant suffered several major fires and explosions. A tank exploded in July 1914,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17797943/fatal_explosion_of_oil_tank/|title=Fatal Explosion of Oil Tank| date=July 29, 1914| newspaper=The Courier-News| location=Bridgewater, New Jersey| access-date=2018-02-26| page=1| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref> and two major fires occurred at the plant, one in June, 1921 (still under Warner-Quinlan), and another in October, 1938 (under Cities Services).<ref>{{cite news| title=Huge Oil Blaze at Linden Seen Plainly Here| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17798129/huge_oil_blaze_at_linden_seen_plainly/| date=July 19, 1921| work=The Central New Jersey Home News| access-date=2018-02-26| page=1| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17798241/3000000_jersey_oil_plant_burns/| title=$3,000,000 Jersey Oil Plant Burns| date=July 19, 1921| work=Asbury Park Press| access-date=2018-02-26| page=1| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Soaking Rain Forces Submerged Oil to Surface Adding to Troubles of Those Fighting Asphalt Plant Fire| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17798514/soaking_rain_forces_submerged_oil_to/| date=July 20, 1921| work=The Courier-News| access-date=January 30, 2019| page=1| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=New Jersey 'Oil Village' is Beset by Conflagration| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17796213/new_jersey_oil_village_is_beset_by/| date=October 13, 1938| work=Valley Morning Star| location=Harlingen, Texas| access-date=2018-02-26| page=8| via=Newspapers.com open access}}</ref> The 1921 fire destroyed almost the entire plant.
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